Mk 15:12a ... But the Pilate again answered was saying to them, ...

Verse 12 has 3 phrases containing 7 narrator and 10 dialog words. The 1st phrase has these 7 narrator words, ... Ho de Pilatos palin apokrtheis elegen autois, (The but Pilate again answering was saying to them, ... )

The 7 narrator words are top down from the mouth of Pilate tangent to the 2 triangles holding "Barabbas" (Son of the Father). These 2 triangles are tangent to the triangles holding the 2 Chief Priests. Barabbas and the 2 Chief Priests are tangent to the 4 Jews in the Crowd. The words Pilate said to them can be seen in the next diagram.

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